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01/26/2022 11:01 PMA Look at Us: Now at Long Wharf through Sunday, Feb. 6 is Fires in the Mirror. Playwright Anne Deavere Smith is known for her works that interweave multiple interviews to present a mosaic of views of our society. In this case it is the 1991 Crown Heights, Brooklyn tensions between Black and Jewish residents. For tickets, visit LongWharf.org.
News from Yale: We can assume the Yale Rep production scheduled for the end of this month will not happen right now, though no official word has been given. We do know that James Bundy, dean of the Drama School and artistic director of the Yale Rep, has been appointed to a fifth, five-year term. This is unusual at Yale; most deans have been limited to two terms (10 years) with perhaps an extra year or two during the search for a replacement.
Broadway on Demand: This streaming platform for live theater, has the ACT-CT production of Snapshots by Stephen Schwartz available. The revised work led to a Grammy-nominated CD as well. To access it, visit BroadwayHD.com
A Look at MLK: The Mountaintop is next up at Music Theatre of Connecticut in Norwalk. The play, which is set the day before the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in Memphis, runs weekends from Friday, Feb. 4 to Sunday, Feb. 20. For tickets, visit MusicTheatreOfCt.com
Financial Help: All arts and cultural organizations have a difficult time balancing their budgets, and the pandemic has made it infinitely worse. Luckily the Connecticut Humanities, affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities, is once again helping out. It has awarded over millions in grants through the CT Cultural Fund Operating Support program. Most of Connecticut’s theater, both professional and community, as well as choruses, museums, and other venues have received needed support to continue their work during this challenging time.
Broadway Tries Suspended Runs: Mrs. Doubtfire was the first current show to close with plans to reopen in spring; the musical announced it would reopen Monday, March 14. Now two other shows are doing the same. To Kill a Mockingbird closed just after Greg Kinnear took over the lead. It says it will reopen with Kinnear as Atticus Finch in the summer. The musical Girl from the North Country has also closed with plans to reopen this spring. The show features a book by Conor McPherson and music from the Bob Dylan catalog. Two other shows closed this month: Flying Over Sunset ended its limited run early and Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations closed after 488 performances.
Anything Goes: Sutton Foster starred in an acclaimed Broadway revival of Anything Goes. Last summer, she repeated her role in the London production; that production was filmed. You can see it—and she and the productions were terrific—in movie theaters on Sunday, March 27 and Wednesday, March 30. To find a local showing, visit AnythingGoesMusicalCinema.com.
Karen Isaacs is an East Haven resident. To check out her reviews for New York and Connecticut shows, visit 2ontheaisle.wordpress.com. She’s a member of the Connecticut Critics Circle, New York’s Outer Critics Circle, the League of Professional Theater Women and the American Theatre Critics Association.